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Article Index: Fourth Quarter 2024 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: October · November · December |
| October | Title | Details |
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| Tuesday, 1 October 2024 | ||
| 1 October 2024 | 21-Year-Old Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Alien Smuggling Conspiracy During the traffic stop, DPS officers were assisted by Border Patrol agents who discovered two men dressed in camouflage in the trunk of Ochoa-Renteria’s vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona  |
| 1 October 2024 | Allen Man Found Not Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter The charge related to Sharp allegedly operating a motor vehicle on May 15, 2022, near Pine Ridge while under the intoxicating influence of alcohol after which the vehicle crashed resulting in another male being killed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 1 October 2024 | CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF INNOVATION AT GENERAL MOTORS' MILFORD PROVING GROUND Located in Oakland County, Michigan, Milford Proving Ground has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of transportation since its opening on September 25, 1924, and stands as the oldest dedicated vehicle testing facility in the world. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin Topic: General Motors |
| 1 October 2024 | Entry-Level Driver Training: State of Alaska Application for Renewal of Exemption The exemption renewal allows the State to waive specified portions of the CDL skills test for drivers who reside and operate in 14 defined geographic areas that lack the infrastructure to allow completion of the full skills test. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Vincent G. White |
| 1 October 2024 | HONORING CONGRESSMAN DAVID CURSON'S SERVICE TO SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN AND THE NATION A dedicated member of the United Auto Workers, he has forever fought for the right of working-class Americans and his work should be commended. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Speaker: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell Topics: David Curson, UAW |
| 1 October 2024 | Jefferson County felon sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for gas station robbery According to court documents, on January 16, 2024, law enforcement officers responded to a call regarding an armed robbery at the Speedway Gas Station located on Eastex Freeway in Beaumont. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas Dateline: Beaumont, Texas Topic: Speedway |
| 1 October 2024 | Knoxville Man Sentenced To 380 Months For Drug And Firearm Offenses After Assaulting Officer And Crashing Van In Attempt To Flee During the search, Harris ran to the driver’s side door, got in, and sped onto Clinton Highway, with a KPD officer inside. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee Byline: Rachelle Barnes Dateline: Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Wednesday, 2 October 2024 | ||
| 2 October 2024 | Chinle Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Kidnapping and Assault In July 2020, the victim was passing through the Navajo Nation on a road trip when John and a co-defendant broke into his car while he was resting for the night. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2 October 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 59, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.; (All-Terrain Vehicles); Lincoln, Nebraska The proposed foreign-status materials/components include motor vehicle air conditioning units and refrigerant lines for motor vehicle air conditioning units. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Kawasaki |
| 2 October 2024 | Guilty Plea Entered in Connection with March 2024 Shooting in NW DC According to the government’s evidence, at around 5 p.m. on March 25, 2024, Suggs fired multiple gunshots at the victim as the victim fled in his vehicle in an alley near the 3700 block of 10th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 2 October 2024 | Jacksonville Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Federal Prison After High-Speed Chase When detectives activated their emergency equipment to conduct a traffic stop, Williams led JSO on a high-speed chase that continued along multiple streets. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida |
| 2 October 2024 | Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Crew Sentenced to Decade in Prison A precipitous decline in catalytic converter thefts has been reported in Massachusetts as a result of the takedown – with nine reported incidents of catalytic converter theft over the past 18 months following the arrests, in comparison to the hundreds of thefts reported during the nine-month period prior. | Press Release (text &  photos)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2 October 2024 | St. Louis Man Admits Being Caught with Guns and Drugs After Fleeing Police When officers tried to stop the Charger, McCoy drove away, rolling over spike strips that had been placed in front of the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2 October 2024 | Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction Activities Associated With the Murray St. Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project in Santa Cruz, California NMFS has received a request from the City of Santa Cruz for the re-issuance of previously issued incidental harassment authorizations. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Byline: Kimberly Damon-Randall |
| 2 October 2024 | Two Armed Robbers Sentenced After Carjacking and Robbery On December 4, 2022, Villalba was messaging a male victim through a dating application and agreed to meet up. Upon arrival, the victim’s vehicle was rushed by two armed individuals, Villalba and Titone. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Tusla, Oklahoma |
| 2 October 2024 | Two defendants await sentencing after pleading guilty in shooting, armed carjacking during drug deal The defendants then stole M.M.’s vehicle and fled, leaving behind a pickup that had been rented by Williams. Port Wentworth police recovered Williams’ personally owned car with the bag and drugs in it after a brief car chase from which Williams escaped. | Press Release (text & photo) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Georgia Byline: Barry L. Paschal Dateline: Savannah, Georgia |
| 2 October 2024 | Two KC Men Sentenced in Scheme to Steal Firearms from Vehicles Rayquan Duane Pettaway, 25, and Roy Rushing, 27, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2 October 2024 | Young Houstonians admit to carjacking in failed smuggling attempt While in McAllen May 19, Rodriguez and Hardy approached a male victim outside his car at a Stripes gas station near a mechanic shop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas Topic: Stripes |
| Thursday, 3 October 2024 | ||
| 3 October 2024 | KC Man Sentenced in Scheme to Steal Firearms from Vehicles Treyon Bloodsoe admitted that he participated in a conspiracy to break into vehicles and steal firearms and other items. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Kansas City, Missouri |
| 3 October 2024 | Lakeland Man Charged With Ten Counts Of Bank Fraud According to the indictment, Yacoub made dozens of fraudulent deposits and withdrawals on behalf of his companies, Visionary Auto Body LLC, and Visionary Auto Care LLC, at financial institutions throughout the Middle District of Florida. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida Topic: Abraham Othman Yacoub |
| Friday, 4 October 2024 | ||
| 4 October 2024 | Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia; Update of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Washington-MD-VA 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Maintenance Area The revisions update the motor vehicle emissions budgets and the onroad and nonroad mobile emissions for volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides for the years 2025 and 2030. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Adam Ortiz |
| 4 October 2024 | Armed Fayetteville Drug Trafficker Who Led Law Enforcement on Dangerous High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Over 27 Years On May 31, 2022, officers with the Fayetteville Police Department attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by Frink for an expired license plate tag. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: New Bern, North Carolina |
| 4 October 2024 | Comoto Holdings, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Comoto Holdings has determined that certain Street & Steel Oakland motorcycle helmets do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, Motorcycle Helmets. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Street & Steel |
| 4 October 2024 | Foreign-Trade Zone 227; Application for Subzone; Canoo Inc.; Pryor, Oklahoma No authorization for production activity has been requested at this time. The proposed subzone would be subject to the existing activation limit of FTZ 227. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Elizabeth Whiteman Topic: Canoo |
| 4 October 2024 | Honduran National Sentenced for Transporting Illegal Aliens from Texas to Georgia According to court documents, GARCIA was encountered by a United States Border Patrol agent near Slidell, Louisiana. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 4 October 2024 | McLaughlin Man Sentenced for Voluntary Manslaughter Guggolz pulled up next to the man and confronted him about his driving, mocking and belittling him. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| 4 October 2024 | Michelin North America, LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Michelin North America has determined that certain Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 replacement passenger car tires do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 139, New Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light Vehicles. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Otto G. Matheke III Topic: Michelin |
| 4 October 2024 | Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Data Regarding Debris Penetration Hazards for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles and Utility Task/Terrain Vehicles Debris penetration through the floorboard or wheel well of an ROV or UTV can impale the occupants of the vehicles, and incidents associated with debris penetration have caused severe injuries and deaths. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission Byline: Alberta E. Mills |
| 4 October 2024 | Rapid City Man Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter In May of 2023, Morrison, who was intoxicated, was driving a vehicle just north of Pine Ridge when he lost control of the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Monday, 7 October 2024 | ||
| 7 October 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Limousine Crashworthiness Safety Research In an effort to understand the limousine market and the characteristics of limousine vehicles with respect to crashworthiness and occupant safety, and to comply with a Congressional mandate, NHTSA is seeking approval for a new information collection request. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu |
| 7 October 2024 | Leader of Catalytic Converter Theft Ring Pleads Guilty From approximately January 2021 to June 2022, Alexander Kolitsas used Downpipe Depot to purchase stolen catalytic converters from a network of thieves. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 7 October 2024 | National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Solicitation of Applications NEMSAC provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary via the Administrator of NHTSA, and through NHTSA to FICEMS on matters relating to all aspects of development and implementation of EMS. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan |
| 7 October 2024 | Supplemental Initial Decision That Certain Frontal Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC, and Vehicles in Which Those Inflators Were Installed, Contain a Safety Defect On October 2, 2024, NHTSA received a request from counsel representing certain unspecified motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment manufacturers asking NHTSA to extend the period for written submissions by two weeks. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Eileen Sullivan Topics: ARC Automotive, Delphi |
| Tuesday, 15 October 2024 | ||
| 15 October 2024 | Camden Men Sentenced to Prison for String of Armed Robberies and Carjackings Two masked individuals carrying an AR-style rifle robbed a gas station in Pennsauken, New Jersey. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Camden, New Jersey |
| Wednesday, 16 October 2024 | ||
| 16 October 2024 | Delaware Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Two Violent Delco Carjackings Codefendant Jamar Miller pleaded guilty to these offenses in March of 2023 and is awaiting sentencing. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 16 October 2024 | Gastonia Man Is Indicted For Laundering Over $380,000 In Wire Fraud Scheme A co-conspirator of Matias Alexander Vinces Aguayo then allegedly sent the bank account information to Aguayo, who used it to withdraw the money from the accounts via the Keys ‘N Go accounts at Stripe and Square. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina Topics: Keys 'N Go, Matias Alexander Vinces Aguayo |
| 16 October 2024 | Sixteen Hells Angels & Red Devils Motorcycle Gang Members Face Charges Related to Violent Racketeering Enterprise Five of the defendants are charged with murder in aid of racketeering for allegedly killing a member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, a rival gang. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Hells Angels |
| 16 October 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures Sentencing of Shiprock Man for 2020 Assault According to court documents, Daryl Levi, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, and others assaulted John Doe in Shiprock, New Mexico, with the intent of taking his motor vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Thursday, 17 October 2024 | ||
| 17 October 2024 | Des Moines Woman Indicted in Relation to Deadly Traffic Stop According to public court documents, Shawnna Marie Cunningham was a passenger in a vehicle that refused to stop when law enforcement attempted to initiate a traffic stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Iowa Byline: MacKenzie Tubbs Dateline: Des Moines, Iowa |
| 17 October 2024 | Four Defendants Charged In Multi-Million Dollar No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme And Money Laundering Conspiracy Kenan Tariverdi, Nazim Tariverdi, and Dilshod Islamov devised a fraudulent scheme to take advantage of New York’s no fault insurance law, which enables the driver and passengers of a vehicle registered and insured in New York State to obtain benefits of up to $50,000 per person for injuries suffered in a car accident, regardless of fault. | Press Release (text &  document)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| Friday, 18 October 2024 | ||
| 18 October 2024 | Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty in Car Dealership Fraud Conspiracy According to court documents and statements made in court, Paul Anthony Robinson of New Orleans, and his coconspirators, obtained the identity information of credit-worthy individuals, created false identity documents in the names of those individuals, then posed as those individuals at automotive dealerships in order to apply for vehicle financing. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 18 October 2024 | Owner Of Majestic Seals & Stripes, Inc. Sentenced To Federal Prison For Payroll Tax Fraud As the owner of Majestic, Linda Davis was responsible for withholding employment taxes from the Majestic employees’ paychecks and paying the taxes owed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| 18 October 2024 | Threats to Shoot Auto Shop Workers Get Man Prison Sentence Later in the day, the shop owner called the defendant’s mother to tell her that the car would not be ready until the next day, after they obtained a needed part. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, 21 October 2024 | ||
| 21 October 2024 | Eau Claire Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Wire Fraud Robert E. Carter forged financial statements to fraudulently obtain semi-trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Wisconsin Dateline: Madison, Wisconsin Topics: Robert Carter, Carter Transportation Group |
| 21 October 2024 | Houston Residents Charged With Stealing DoorDash Delivery Workers’ Wages As part of this scheme, the co-conspirators allegedly obtained the personal identifying information of Dasher victims; falsely impersonated the Dasher victims to DoorDash support; took over Dashers’ existing online accounts... | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: Oakland, California |
| Tuesday, 22 October 2024 | ||
| 22 October 2024 | Fourth Hells Angels Motorcycle Club Member Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of Ammunition According to court documents, two different victims—both of whom were members of a different motorcycle club that is considered a “puppet” club of the Hells Angels—were beaten by Kenneth Caspers Jr., Michael Mahoney, Jaime Alvarez, Dennis Killough, and other club members based on perceived infractions of the Hells Angels’ rules. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Sacramento, California Topic: Hells Angels |
| 22 October 2024 | Idabel Resident Sentenced For Involuntary Manslaughter The charges arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 22 October 2024 | Member Of Multi-State Gas Pump Skimming Device And Fuel Theft Ring Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Identity Theft And Fraud Charges During the conspiracy, Deonelky Tabares Cid and others drove vehicles that contained a fuel bladder system. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida |
| 22 October 2024 | Two Philadelphia Men Sentenced to Almost a Decade in Prison for Separate Gunpoint Carjackings in the City Marc Anthony targeted a woman in Fairmount in 2022; Asiem Brooking carjacked a man in Olney in 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Wednesday, 23 October 2024 | ||
| 23 October 2024 | Georgia Woman Sentenced for Possessing Methamphetamine in Trunk of Car when Traveling Through Acadiana Area A Louisiana State Police K-9 conducted an open air sniff of the vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotics in Sarah Rose Cea’s vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Lafayette, Louisiana Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 23 October 2024 | Mounds View Woman and Saint Paul Man Plead Guilty to Armed Carjacking in Minneapolis During the carjacking, an associate of Isis Martinaz Brent forcefully snatched the victim’s bags, causing the victim to fall and suffer bodily injury on their hands and knees. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Thursday, 24 October 2024 | ||
| 24 October 2024 | Driver Sentenced to Almost 16 Years in Prison for His Role in Two Violent Delco Carjackings Defendant drove his two co-conspirators to both crime scenes, fled behind carjacked vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 24 October 2024 | Florida Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act Florida-based company created and sold to Spokane trucking companies illegal software designed to defeat and disable emissions controls on diesel trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| 24 October 2024 | Organizer sent to prison for smuggling 60 kilos of meth into United States At the time of the trial, co-conspirator Mike Mendoza testified Ana Maria Pena-Gutierrez hired and paid him to drive two vehicles to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States several times from January 2021 through February 2021. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| 24 October 2024 | Two Defendants Plead Guilty In Federal Conspiracies Involving High-End Stolen Vehicle Rings A third defendant pleaded guilty last week on similar charges. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 24 October 2024 | U.S. Reaches Settlement For Over $100m In Civil Lawsuit Against Owner And Operator Of The Vessel That Destroyed The Francis Scott Key Bridge Settlement will cover federal costs incurred to restore access to The Port of Baltimore. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Angelina Thompson Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| Friday, 25 October 2024 | ||
| 25 October 2024 | Customs and Border Protection Officer Sentenced for Receiving Bribes to Allow Drug-Laden Vehicles and Unauthorized Immigrants to Enter the U.S. Leonard Darnell George would notify members of a drug trafficking organization when he was at work, what lane he was on, and that they had one hour to reach his lane. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California Byline: Kelly Thornton Dateline: San Diego, California |
| 25 October 2024 | Three Defendants Convicted in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy Trial The evidence also showed that as part of the conspiracy, Darrius Dwayne Rowser and others, at John Fitzgerald McCarroll’s direction, traveled to Mississippi to steal cars for use in surveilling the target of the plot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama Dateline: Mobile, Alabama |
| Monday, 28 October 2024 | ||
| 28 October 2024 | Beckley Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud Business owner paid $902,475.49 to satisfy restitution and civil penalty. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of West Virginia Dateline: Beckley, West Virginia Topics: RMR Delivery Service, Mark William Bailey Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 28 October 2024 | Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Machinegun after High Speed Chase and Collision with a Train Car The chase ended after Johnny Ragsdale collided with a train car on Mill Street. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 28 October 2024 | Jennifer LaBonte Pleads Guilty to Embezzling from Employer For the most part, Jennifer LaBonte stole cash receipts that had been paid by dealership customers, but she also issued checks to herself for non-business-related purposes. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Rutland, Vermont Topic: Jennifer LaBonte |
| 28 October 2024 | Mexican National Indicted For Illegal Use of Social Security Number to Obtain Louisiana Driver’s License U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans reiterated that an indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 28 October 2024 | Title 16 Defendant Sentenced to 12 Years for August 2023 Spree That Included Armed Robbery and Carjacking Montello Washington brandished a firearm with a laser sight and demanded the victim’s phone, wallet, and keys. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 28 October 2024 | Winston-Salem Man Involved in Two Car Chases Sentenced During the chase, pursuing officers saw Amari Jaquez Hairston, who was a passenger in the back seat, throw drugs and guns from the left rear passenger window. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of North Carolina Dateline: Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Tuesday, 29 October 2024 | ||
| 29 October 2024 | Crystal Springs Man Sentenced to over 9 Years in Prison for Brandishing a Firearm During a Carjacking in Jackson In May of 2021, Christopher Lawrence Murray and another man approached a woman sitting in her car in front of her home. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 29 October 2024 | Federal Indictment Charges Three Men With Chicago Carjacking Marquell Davis, Ramone Bradley, and Edmund Singleton, all of Chicago, conspired to take an Infiniti Q50 and a BMW X6 on 3 November 2022, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 29 October 2024 | Paving Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion From 2017 to 2020, in addition to depositing customer payments to his company, Rick Cooper Paving, Cooper also cashed over $4.3 million in customer checks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts Topics: Rick Cooper Paving, Richard Cooper |
| 29 October 2024 | Pine Ridge Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Over Three Years for Involuntary Manslaughter One of the passengers, a 16-year-old female, was ejected from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 29 October 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI Announce Charges for Fatal DUI Crash on the Navajo Nation According to the indictment, Irvin Virgil Wauneka Jr. was operating a motor vehicle with a wanton and reckless disregard for human life, knowing that his conduct endangered the lives of others. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Wednesday, 30 October 2024 | ||
| 30 October 2024 | Bristol Virginia Man Convicted In Federal Court Of Carjacking And Firearms Charges According to witnesses, court documents, and evidence presented at trial, Charles Nile Mixon carjacked a victim at gunpoint in the parking lot of a Taco Bell restaurant in Bristol, Tennessee. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Tennessee Byline: Rachelle Barnes Dateline: Greeneville, Tennessee |
| 30 October 2024 | Louisville Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking Resulting in Death Michael Dewitt committed a carjacking at gunpoint, and stole a 2011 Ford F350 from its owner in Simpsonville, Kentucky. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Kentucky Dateline: Louisville, Kentucky |
| Thursday, 31 October 2024 | ||
| 31 October 2024 | Ten-Time Convicted Felon, Who Fled From Girlfriend’s Violent Death, Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison According to court records, Albert Ayala was driving a vehicle on I-4 when his girlfriend, the sole passenger in the vehicle, was ejected from the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 31 October 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Guilty Plea in Fatal Drunk Driving Case According to court documents, Brian Gonnie, of the Navajo Nation, was driving under the influence of alcohol on Highway 64 in Shiprock, New Mexico. Gonnie was traveling at approximately 86 mph in a 35-mph zone when he crossed into the oncoming lane and struck another vehicle head-on. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| 31 October 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Guilty Plea in Fatal DUI Crash on Navajo Nation While driving on Highway 602 near Bread Springs, New Mexico, within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation reservation, Sheldon Carlton Daye struck and killed two motorists who were stopped on the side of the highway changing a tire. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 31 October 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Guilty Plea in Shiprock Assault Case According to the plea agreement, Larence Cambridge, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, flashed a firearm at the occupants of a vehicle before repeatedly shooting at it. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| 31 October 2024 | Vallejo Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Assaulting Federal Agents with a Firearm and Vehicle According to court documents, Sean Thomas Delapp assaulted two FBI special agents by pursuing them with his car, pulling up alongside them, and aiming a firearm at them through the window, making a recoil motion with the firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Sacramento, California |
| November | Title | Details |
| Friday, 1 November 2024 | ||
| 1 November 2024 | Drug Courier Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison Jose Martin Chavez-Valencia was taken into custody, and a search of his vehicle revealed approximately three kilograms of heroin. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 1 November 2024 | Fort Washakie man sentenced for murder in the second degree According to court documents, a group of five people, including Ezekiel Frank James Ute, were drinking alcohol and driving around the Wind River Indian Reservation when Ute began driving recklessly and saying he was going to intentionally wreck the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 1 November 2024 | Guthrie Couple Sentenced to Serve more than Three Years Collectively in Federal Prison after Purchasing Vehicles Using Stolen Identities There is no evidence the couple was responsible for the original theft of the information, and how they came to possess the information is unknown. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Dateline: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1 November 2024 | Lyft To Pay Civil Penalty To Resolve Allegations Of Misleading Drivers About Their Potential Earnings These guarantees allegedly did not clearly disclose that drivers were paid only the difference between what they otherwise earned for the rides and Lyft’s advertised guaranteed amount, rather than receiving the full guaranteed amount in addition to their regular earnings for the rides. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topic: Lyft |
| Monday, 4 November 2024 | ||
| 4 November 2024 | Carjacker Sentenced to 10 Years for Stealing the Scooter of an Uber Eats Driver in Southeast According to the government’s evidence, with which Larry Fisher agreed, Fisher and another individual approached the victim at the McDonald’s located at 1539 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Washington, DC, while the victim was on his motorized scooter. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Uber |
| 4 November 2024 | Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Violation Related to Vehicular Crash Involving a Motorcyclist As the victim lay in the intersection unconscious, Thomas Smith drove his cruiser around the victim and left the scene of the collision. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice |
| Tuesday, 5 November 2024 | ||
| 5 November 2024 | Guilty Plea from Second Assailant Who Tried to Steal a Man’s Car at Gunpoint in January 2024 According to the government’s evidence, Caleb Johnson and his co-defendant, Marquis Derby, robbed and attempted to carjack a construction worker at gunpoint when the victim, who was working on a job site in Northeast Washington, D.C., went to retrieve equipment from his truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 5 November 2024 | Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison After Serving as Getaway Driver in Enfield Convenience Store Robbery According to court documents and other information presented in court, Khiyelle Dent was the getaway driver for an individual who entered the Speedway in Enfield, brandished a firearm, and demanded money from the clerk. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina Topic: Speedway |
| 5 November 2024 | Owners of Clark County automotive repair and performance shop sentenced to home confinement, probation for conspiracy and violations of Clean Air Act Couple lived luxurious lifestyle while causing massive diesel emissions from trucks they modified to remove emissions controls. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Tacoma, Washington Topics: Sean Coiteux, Tracy Coiteux |
| 5 November 2024 | Westbrook Bank Robber Who Threatened to Detonate a Car Bomb at South Portland Bank Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison Using the pneumatic tube, he passed a note to the teller that read, “CAR BOMB No Cops Alarms or WE ALL DIE $50,000 in 20’s.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine Byline: Peter I. Brostowi Dateline: Portland, Maine |
| Thursday, 7 November 2024 | ||
| 7 November 2024 | Double Carjacker Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison Ramon D. Davis, Montrell M. Jackson and a juvenile and stole a man’s 2006 Mazda3 in an alley near Grand Avenue and Bates Street in south St. Louis. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 7 November 2024 | Eight Men Charged in Connection with Interstate High-End Car Theft Ring Some of the stolen cars were used during the commission of other crimes, including the theft of additional cars, shootings, and a homicide. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| 7 November 2024 | Illegal Alien Sentenced To 12 Months’ Imprisonment For Fleeing Police Mugabe Baker’s vehicle reached speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour and he nearly missed hitting two pedestrians while traveling through villages in New Jersey and New York. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| 7 November 2024 | South L.A. Man Sentenced to More Than 9 Years in Federal Prison for Robbery Spree that Ended in High-Speed Crash and Freeway Foot Pursuit They fled in a stolen gray Dodge Charger with a stolen license plate and attempted to evade officers during a traffic stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California |
| 7 November 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Concludes Investigation Into Fatal Police Shooting of Dalaneo Martin No charges to be filed against United States Park Police officer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Sunday, 10 November 2024 | ||
| 10 November 2024 | Two Winner Men Sentenced to Federal Prison, One for 10 Years and Another for Five Years, for Their Roles in a Drive By Shooting As they passed the residence in their vehicle, Arthur Black Bull fired multiple rounds at the residence with a 9mm pistol, striking the outside of the residence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Pierre, South Dakota |
| Tuesday, 12 November 2024 | ||
| 12 November 2024 | Dover Man Who Went On Criminal Rampage Before Opening Fire On Lakeland Police Officers And ATF Agents During Highspeed Chase Sentenced To Federal Prison During the 11-mile chase, Francisco Cabrera traveled at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, nearly crashed into a truck, drove through red lights and into oncoming traffic causing other vehicles to take evasive actions, and nearly missed hitting other vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 12 November 2024 | Former Assistant Treasurer for Bridgestone Americas Arrested and Charged with a $15 Million Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme In July 2020, Sajju Khatiwada created a phony vendor called Paymt-Tech, LLC and began submitting bogus invoices to Bridgestone for purported bank fees owed to Paymt-Tech. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee Byline: Mark H. Wildasin Dateline: Nashville, Tennessee Topics: Bridgestone, Sajju Khatiwada |
| 12 November 2024 | Former Missouri State Trooper Charged with Civil Rights Crimes David McKnight took their phones under the auspices of confirming that they had insurance coverage or verifying their identification, it says. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: Cape Girardeau, Missouri |
| Wednesday, 13 November 2024 | ||
| 13 November 2024 | Driver In High-Speed Chase Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Transporting Two Kilograms Of Fentanyl Pills And A Loaded Firearm An ensuing pursuit, lasting over approximately 14 miles, involved multiple car accidents, driving on the shoulder and into oncoming traffic, running red lights, and endangering traffic. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| 13 November 2024 | Durham Man Who Fled from Law Enforcement Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Around 11:00 p.m. that night, Mario Deandre Taylor, who had already eluded capture twice that day, led deputies on a high-speed chase through residential and business areas in Durham, driving at high rates of speed, running through stop signs and stop lights, side-swiping a truck, and nearly hitting a city bus. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of North Carolina Dateline: Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 13 November 2024 | Judge Hands Man 10 Year Prison Term for November 2021 Carjacking, Robbery, and Burglary Defendant carjacked victim then burglarized victim’s home. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 13 November 2024 | Motorcycle gang member pleads guilty to illegally possessing a firearm Kevin T. Christian II’s motorcycle had an expired registration tag, tape covering one of the digits on its license plate, and at the front of the motorcycle a large wooden club was strapped to the handlebars. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia Dateline: Richmond, Virginia Topics: Interstate Highway System, Wheels of Soul |
| 13 November 2024 | Two Gang Members Charged with Armed Carjacking in Garden City Two members of the Bronx-based 5zzly Crew used a knife and a firearm to threaten driver. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Byline: John Marzulli & Danielle Blustein Hass |
| 13 November 2024 | Two Maryland Men Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Odometer Tampering And Securities Fraud These buyers paid, in some instances, thousands of dollars more than they would have if they knew the true mileage of these vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Angelina Thompson Dateline: Baltimore, Maryland |
| Thursday, 14 November 2024 | ||
| 14 November 2024 | Canadian National Convicted by Jury for Drug and Gun Charges after Interstate Pursuit Instead of slowing, the Tahoe accelerated, resulting in a 30-minute pursuit over three counties for approximately 50 miles, at sustained speeds of over 100 mph. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 14 November 2024 | Cruise Admits To Submitting A False Report To Influence A Federal Investigation And Agrees To Pay $500,000 Autonomous vehicle company enters into deferred prosecution agreement for conduct surrounding october 2023 pedestrian crash and dragging. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topic: Cruise |
| 14 November 2024 | Eight Plead Guilty, Admit Nationwide Rental Car Theft Scheme Tyrell A. Oliver, of Atlanta, Georgia, admitted organizing a scheme in which the conspirators reserved high-end rental vehicles, typically SUVs, using stolen credit card information and stolen identities. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 14 November 2024 | Former Florissant Police Officer Accused of Searching 20 Women’s Phones Julian Alcala took possession of their cell phones under the auspices of confirming their insurance coverage or vehicle registration, searched the phones for nude pictures and then took photos of the pictures with his personal cell phone, the indictment alleges. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 14 November 2024 | Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking of Valet Driver in Southeast The victim had just parked a client’s SUV in the parking garage at 221 Tingey Street Southeast when Raymond Davese attacked her from behind, put her in a headlock, and deployed a taser into her neck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 14 November 2024 | Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Murder on the Natchez Trace Parkway Cristian Mitchel Mondragon Gonzales convinced the victim to go for a ride with him. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 14 November 2024 | Ten Defendants Charged In Interstate Auto Theft Conspiracy Seven of the ten coconspirators traveled to a car dealership in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, to steal two 2017 Cadillac CTS-V’s, a 2016 Cadillac CTS-V, two 2019 Cadillac CTS-V’s, a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro, a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro, and a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| 14 November 2024 | Three Admit Nearly $350,000 Auto Loan Fraud Willie Roy Carter claimed the cars were being sold by City Limits Auto Sales, a business name registered in Missouri in 2016 by Charles Davis. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Friday, 15 November 2024 | ||
| 15 November 2024 | 13 Arrested after Investigation into Drug Trafficking from New Britain Car Dealership The investigation included the use of court-authorized wiretaps, physical and electronic surveillance, and approximately 15 controlled purchases of narcotics, primarily cocaine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut Topic: Supreme Automotive |
| 15 November 2024 | Armed Drug Trafficker with Infant in His Car Sentenced to 9 Years In both February and July 2023, he was found asleep in a running vehicle, each time with a loaded gun and multiple types of controlled substances. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 15 November 2024 | Man Who Carjacked Delivery Driver is Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison The victim had just dropped off a delivery in the 2400 block of Wagner Street Southeast when Dennis Vanison’s accomplice stole items from the victim’s car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 15 November 2024 | Memphis Man Sentenced in Connection with Scheme to Defraud COVID-19 Relief Program of Over $700,000 The application contained numerous false statements, including false information about the number of persons Freight Masters employed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee Dateline: Memphis, Tennessee Topics: Herman Shaw, Freight Masters Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| Monday, 18 November 2024 | ||
| 18 November 2024 | Drug Trafficker with Gun Sentenced to 20 Years After Leading State Troopers on High-Speed Chase Shoun Lamelle Wright Jr. initially pulled over and then fled as the trooper approached his vehicle, driving up to 135 miles per hour. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 18 November 2024 | Felon heads to prison for violent carjacking attack At the hearing, the court heard additional evidence that detailed his arrests in the Los Angeles vicinity for burglary and grand theft auto. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Houston, Texas |
| Tuesday, 19 November 2024 | ||
| 19 November 2024 | Teen Pleads Guilty in Two November 2023 Carjackings Defendant victimized an off-duty federal agent and a rideshare driver. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 19 November 2024 | Tucson Man Sentenced to 77 Months for Importing Methamphetamine During the inspection, x-ray detection observed anomalies inside the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| Wednesday, 20 November 2024 | ||
| 20 November 2024 | Gary Man Sentenced to 153 Months in Prison After the letter carrier stopped to organize mail, Jerron Donte Williams ran his vehicle into the letter carrier’s postal delivery vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana Dateline: Hammond, Indiana |
| 20 November 2024 | Mercer County Man Convicted of Several Carjackings Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to Victims Sentenced to Life in Prison Cedrick Hodges, 41, of Trenton, New Jersey, was convicted in October 2023 of all five counts of a second superseding indictment following a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Trenton, New Jersey |
| 20 November 2024 | Mexican National Who Killed Pedestrian in Drunken Crash Sentenced to 15 Years for Immigration Violations Guadalupe Gerardo Reyes-Gonzalez, a citizen of Mexico, was charged with illegal re-entry after removal from the United States shortly after his second DWI. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas Byline: Erin Dooley |
| 20 November 2024 | New Jersey man pleads guilty to nationwide conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by remotely disabling pollution control devices on diesel trucks Over three years defendant removed pollution control software on hundreds of diesel trucks, with each tampered truck capable of polluting 30 to 1200 times that of a legally configured truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Tacoma, Washington |
| 20 November 2024 | Walthill Woman Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country In February 2024, Dawnika Walker was driving a minivan on the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Nebraska when she struck and killed a 63-year-old male motorcyclist on US Highway 75. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| Thursday, 21 November 2024 | ||
| 21 November 2024 | Armed Carjacker Is Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison According to filed court documents, prior to the carjacking at the AutoZone, the victim had made two stops. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina Topic: AutoZone |
| 21 November 2024 | Co-Owner of Westfield Transport, Inc. Sentenced for Charges Stemming from 2019 Crash That Killed Seven Motorcyclists Defendant provided false logs to evade safety regulations and lied to investigators. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts Topics: Dunyadar Gasanov, Westfield Transport |
| 21 November 2024 | Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty For Role In Drive-By Shooting On I-95 In St. Johns County According to court documents, between October 2022 and July 2024, James Toney served as an armed distributor for a Jacksonville-based drug trafficking organization operated and led by Toney’s brother, Nathaniel Hatcher, III. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida |
| 21 November 2024 | Lafayette Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Carjacking With Intent to Cause Death or Serious Bodily Harm In addition to the one count of carjacking resulting in death, the indictment charges Brandon Jermaine Francisco with one count of using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and one count of flight to avoid prosecution. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana Dateline: Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 21 November 2024 | Owner of Red Barn Diesel Performance Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Tamper with Clean Air Act Monitoring Devices on Diesel Trucks EPA investigation shows Isaac Allen polluted the environment for personal gain. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine Byline: John Osborn Dateline: Portland, Maine Topics: Isaac Allen, Red Barn Diesel Performance |
| 21 November 2024 | Texas-Based Oil-and-Gas Company Phillips 66 Indicted for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act Stemming from Wastewater Discharge The company is expected to be arraigned in the coming weeks in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California Topic: Phillips 66 |
| 21 November 2024 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures Guilty Plea from Second Defendant in Carjacking and Assault Case According to court documents, Lindsey Yazzie and Brandon Barber attacked a woman driving her Jeep on the Navajo Nation. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Friday, 22 November 2024 | ||
| 22 November 2024 | Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Mathew Crabtree of New Market, Alabama, was sentenced for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and refusing to consent to a breath test. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 22 November 2024 | Armed Carjacker Gets 20 Years in Prison for Robbery and Carjacking Spree Richardson and his unidentified co-conspirators, armed with firearms, attempted to carjack two separate individuals before proceeding to the 600 block of Morton Place NE. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 22 November 2024 | Jury Convicts Man of March 2024 Armed Carjacking Defendant caused traffic accident, then committed the offense. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 22 November 2024 | Three Charlotte Men Charged With Stealing High-End Vehicles Appear In Federal Court The indictment alleges that, between 2020 and October 2024, the defendants and their co-conspirators engaged in a conspiracy to steal high-end motor vehicles worth millions of dollars from businesses and individuals in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Maryland. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 22 November 2024 | Woman Who Laundered Cartel Cash, Trafficked Kilos of Narcotics From 18-Wheelers Pleads Guilty Oralia Rodriguez Flores explained that she met drivers of 18-wheeler trucks on five or six occasions to pick up cocaine from Mexico. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Monday, 25 November 2024 | ||
| 25 November 2024 | Essex County Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Defrauding Victims in Car Theft and Fraudulent Resale Scheme From November 2016 to June 2020, Warren Guerrier and several conspirators acting at his direction orchestrated a scheme to steal and then fraudulently sell vehicles to unsuspecting buyers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| 25 November 2024 | Illinois Man Accused of St. Louis Carjacking The indictment accuses Moore of stealing a 2022 Subaru Outback at gunpoint on Sept. 9, 2024. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Tuesday, 26 November 2024 | ||
| 26 November 2024 | Federal Judge Sentences Man to More Than 14 Years in Prison for Carjacking Vehicles at Gunpoint in Chicago On a single afternoon in April 2018, Earrious Moore stole three cars, attempted to steal two others, and shot two people during a series of crimes in Chicago. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 26 November 2024 | Fresno Man Sentenced for Embezzling Over $1.5 Million from His Employer in Nearly Decade-Long Scheme Between 2012 and 2019, Ruiz De Chavez used his position to generate fake invoices, purportedly created by genuine vendors for goods and services. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California Topic: Gabriel Ruiz De Chavez |
| 26 November 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI Charge Man for Gas Station Robbery in Shiprock According to the criminal complaint, Ryan Douglas Yazzie allegedly entered the 7 2 11 Gas Station in Shiprock, New Mexico, located within the Navajo Nation reservation. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: 7 2 11 |
| Wednesday, 27 November 2024 | ||
| 27 November 2024 | New York Business Owner Convicted of Illegal Transport and Sale of Unregistered Pesticides The Department of Transportation has responsibility under the Hazardous Material Transportation Act to ensure private motor carriers maintain shipping papers with critical information about the relevant hazardous substance to safeguard police and first responders in the event of an accident or exposure. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Angelina Thompson Dateline: Baltimore, Maryland |
| 27 November 2024 | Ramsey County Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of Firearm and Carjacking According to court documents, Ricardo Rydell Walker Jr. took a black 2021 Toyota Highlander by force and with threat of violence and bodily harm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 27 November 2024 | U.S. Attorney, Law Enforcement Officials Urge Residents to Help Prevent Gun Thefts From Vehicles During Holiday Season “While you are shopping for holiday gifts to give your friends and loved ones, it takes no time at all for a thief to steal an improperly secured gun from your locked car,” said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: San Antonio, Texas |
| December | Title | Details |
| Monday, 2 December 2024 | ||
| 2 December 2024 | Sierra Leone Man and International Fugitive Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Fraudulent Car Loan Scheme “The defendant enlisted his friends and family members to submit multiple fraudulent loan applications to lenders over $400,000,” said U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire Dateline: Concord, New Hampshire Topics: Solomon Yarteh, Allied Imports |
| Tuesday, 3 December 2024 | ||
| 3 December 2024 | Cary Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Over $1 Million in Tax Evasion Scheme “This businessman’s convoluted scheme involved titling cars for cash and using that cash to creatively conceal his income and fuel a lifestyle complete with high-end vehicles and a million-dollar home.” said U.S. Attorney Michael F. Easley Jr. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 3 December 2024 | Repeat Federal Offender Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison after Passing Kilogram of Cocaine to Car with Three Children During this operation, they observed Harold Vernard Greene Jr. travel to a parking lot at a Wilmington mall, where he received a package from a drug courier. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Wednesday, 4 December 2024 | ||
| 4 December 2024 | Operations Manager at McCormick Place in Chicago Charged With Pocketing Kickbacks From Snowplow Vendor Dominick Gironda managed contracts with vendors that provided services at the McCormick Place campus, which consists of multiple buildings, parking lots, and other spaces for conventions and trade shows. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 4 December 2024 | South Texan imprisoned for attempting to run over federal agent The agent was wearing FBI gear with clear law enforcement markings and began approaching the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Brownsville, Texas |
| Thursday, 5 December 2024 | ||
| 5 December 2024 | Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Kidnapping of a Rideshare Driver Victim 1 drove Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez to his destination, which was a gas station that appeared to be closed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida Topic: Lyft |
| Friday, 6 December 2024 | ||
| 6 December 2024 | Baltimore City Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Carjacking Baltimore Police Department Detective Additional video surveillance footage from a local business shows the BPD vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed as it exited the Hanover Street Bridge in South Baltimore. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland Byline: Kevin Nash Dateline: Baltimore, Maryland |
| 6 December 2024 | Miami Importer Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Evade U.S. Tariffs on Chinese-Made Truck Tires In order to conceal the true origin of the imported truck tires, Hector Samuel Esquijerosa and his co-conspirators caused the Chinese-origin truck tires to be transshipped to the United States through third countries, including Canada and Malaysia. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Maimi, Florida |
| Monday, 9 December 2024 | ||
| 9 December 2024 | Ten Count Indictment Unsealed Charging Eight Individuals and Two Law Firms with Offenses in Connection with Staged Automobile Collisions in the New Orleans Area According to the superseding indictment, defendants Harris, Alfortish, Motta, Motta Law, Giles, The King Firm, Morgan, Parker, Stalbert, and Lawrence were members of a conspiracy that engaged in a fraud scheme, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, witness tampering through murder, and retaliation against a witness through murder. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Tuesday, 10 December 2024 | ||
| 10 December 2024 | Mississippi man sentenced to 15 years for ammunition offense involving shooting of MHP Trooper Stanley Self Jr. fled from the Trooper, leading him on a high speed chase through Bolivar County in which speeds topped in excess of 120 miles per hour. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi Dateline: Aberdeen, Mississippi |
| 10 December 2024 | St. Louis Carjacker Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison Shortly after midnight, Bradley C. McKinney and an accomplice were both armed with handguns when they approached two people who had just gotten out of a 2015 Chevy Cruze near the intersection of 16th Street and Lucas Avenue. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Wednesday, 11 December 2024 | ||
| 11 December 2024 | Five Indicted for Alleged Multi-State, Transnational Conspiracy to Obtain Driver's Licenses for Ineligible Applicants Defendants allegedly conspired to fraudulently apply for licenses for more than 1,000 individuals. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 11 December 2024 | Florida Man Sentenced To 55 Months for Skimming Credit Cards, Identity Theft, and Transporting Stolen Goods in Colorado Springs Area According to the plea agreement, from 2021 through early 2023, Guerra-Pena and others installed numerous skimmers on gas pumps in the Colorado Springs area, which were used to steal customers’ bank account numbers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado Dateline: Denver, Colorado |
| 11 December 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Guilty Plea in Interstate Transportation Case Involving Illegal Sexual Activity Officers located the caller and two other individuals at a gas station in Laguna, New Mexico. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Friday, 13 December 2024 | ||
| 13 December 2024 | Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Odometer Tampering Charges Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group (now-named Southeastern Credit Union Solutions), in Winter Garden, Florida, purchased high-mileage used vehicles from wholesale automobile auctions throughout Florida. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida Topics: Drew Mitchell Schreiber, Central Florida Automotive Group |
| 13 December 2024 | Fresno Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking Motorist in Fullerton The victim told officers she was sitting in her parked 2022 Mazda CX-5 SUV with the vehicle turned off when Deshawn Ricks approached her, opened her car’s door, and ordered her out of the SUV. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Los Angeles, California |
| 13 December 2024 | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Formalizes Whistleblower Program The new rules define terms critical to the operation of the whistleblower program, outline procedures for submitting original information to the NHTSA and applying for awards and discuss the NHTSA’s procedures for making decision on applications. | Press Release (text) Publisher: National Whistleblowers Center via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 13 December 2024 | Robert McLane Imprisoned For Defrauding Auto Dealer Employer Robert McLane was employed by Formula Nissan, an automobile sales and service dealership located in central Vermont, where McLane served as the Parts Manager and then the Director of Parts and Service. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Burlington, Vermont Topics: Robert McLane, Formula Nissan |
| 13 December 2024 | Spokane Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Air Act and Stealing COVID-19 Relief Funds Under the Clean Air Act, diesel trucks are required to maintain systems and components that limit harmful emissions of dangerous pollutants such as diesel particulates. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Spokane, Washington |
| 13 December 2024 | Supreme Court Will Not Consider Challenges to California Core Authority to Establish Clean Vehicle Standards Brought by Oil and Gas Interests In a short, unsigned order, the Court declined to consider oil and gas interests’ challenge to the lawfulness of EPA’s decision granting California a waiver from Clean Air Act preemption for its clean vehicle standards. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Environmental Defense Fund via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, 16 December 2024 | ||
| 16 December 2024 | Kapsch TrafficCom supports Germany's leading role in autonomous and connected driving C-ITS technology is crucial for implementing the strategy Kapsch TrafficCom plays a key role as a technology developer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Kapsch TrafficCom via PressReleasePoint.com Byline: Carolin Treichl & Sandra Bijelic Dateline: Vienna, Austria  |
| 16 December 2024 | Resident of China Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Send Leading Electric Vehicle Company’s Trade Secrets “In stealing trade secrets from an American electric vehicle manufacturer to use in his own China-based company, Pflugbeil’s actions stood to benefit the PRC in a critical industry with national security implications,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Klaus Pflugbeil, Yilong Shao, Tesla |
| 16 December 2024 | Resident of China Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Send Trade Secrets Belonging to Leading U.S.-Based Electric Vehicle Company “The defendant built a business in China to sell sensitive technology that belongs to a U.S. company. His actions were bold—he even advertised that he was selling the victim’s products—because he thought, incorrectly, that he was outside the reach of U.S. prosecutors,” stated United States Attorney Breon Peace. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Topics: Klaus Pflugbeil, Yilong Shao, Tesla |
| 16 December 2024 | Supreme Court Will Not Consider Constitutional Challenges to California Clean Vehicle The Court’s order denying a petition submitted by Ohio and other states comes after the Court on Friday declined to consider the merits of oil and gas interests’ separate challenges to the lawfulness of EPA’s decision granting California a waiver of Clean Air Act preemption for its clean vehicle standards. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Environmental Defense Fund via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 December 2024 | Two Juveniles Plead Guilty for November 2023 Carjacking At the time of the offense, Robert Littles was 16 years old and Jessup Meeks was 17 years old. Both were charged as adults. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Tuesday, 17 December 2024 | ||
| 17 December 2024 | Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Sandra Pappas of Arvada, Colorado, was convicted of driving under the influence and sentenced to pay a fine of $750 and placed on one year of unsupervised probation, the terms of which include a ban on her entering Yellowstone National Park during that time. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 17 December 2024 | Billings man admits possessing stolen firearm after breaking into police vehicles Surveillance video from of one of the thefts showed a suspect wearing black shoes and riding a black and red bicycle with skinny tires. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Billings, Montana |
| 17 December 2024 | Camden Man Pleads Guilty to Two South Philadelphia Carjackings As described in the superseding indictment and other publicly filed documents in this case the first victim, an Uber driver, was picking up a passenger at the Ikea on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 17 December 2024 | Driver in Failed Meth Smuggling Conspiracy Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison Linnette Rodriguez-Potter was referred to a secondary inspection at the Del Rio Port of Entry on July 25, 2020. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas |
| 17 December 2024 | Heart Butte man admits manslaughter charge in fatal crash on Blackfeet Indian Reservation The government alleged in court documents that Chasen James Kipp was driving a 2022 Dodge Charger near the Cut Bank airport on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation when he crossed the center line of traffic and collided with a sedan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| Wednesday, 18 December 2024 | ||
| 18 December 2024 | Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Vehicle Theft Scheme Beginning in September 2020, Tyshon Walker obtained personal information stolen from residents of Connecticut and other states and used it to apply for vehicle loans at dealerships in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Rhode Island for motorcycles, an all-terrain vehicle, and other performance vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 18 December 2024 | Defendant Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Violent Spree Of Gunpoint Carjackings Fourth member of violent crew of carjackers sentenced for string of gunpoint carjackings in manhattan and the Bronx. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 18 December 2024 | Man Sentenced to Over Thirteen Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of Indianapolis Gas Station and Shooting of an Employee After shooting the victim, George Tracy told him to “have a good day bro.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana Topic: Mobil |
| Thursday, 19 December 2024 | ||
| 19 December 2024 | Apopka Man Sentenced To 12 Months For Tax Evasion James Fabius King used nominee businesses to pay personal expenses and car payments on his $151,890 Audi R8 sports car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| 19 December 2024 | Bronx Gang Member Charged With Murdering 18-Year-Old Jayquan McKenley In Drive-By Shooting On February 6, 2022, Paul Johnson and others murdered Jayquan McKenley in a drive-by shooting in Brooklyn, New York. Jayquan McKenley was 18 years old. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 19 December 2024 | Lansing Man, Prosecuted Under Safe Summer Program, Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison After callers reported hearing numerous gunshots from a car driving by, Lansing police responded and found Mychal Marcell Borney in the passenger seat of a car in the area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan Dateline: Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 19 December 2024 | St. Charles County Man Sentenced for Multiple Vehicle-Related Frauds In 2022, Ronald Johnson tricked a victim from Pennsylvania into paying $41,750 for a 2002 Ford Excursion that he’d already sold to a victim in South Dakota for $45,000. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 19 December 2024 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Zuni Man for Violent Assault The investigation revealed that the incident began when Christopher Hannaweeke Sr., an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, hit the victim's dog with his vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Friday, 20 December 2024 | ||
| 20 December 2024 | Felon Who Shot at FBI Task Force Officer During a Car Theft Sentenced to Prison According to U.S. Attorney Buchanan, the charges and other information presented in court: Keith Pharms, eight days after his release from a state prison in Georgia, used his mother’s car, a Chevrolet SS, to steal a Dodge Charger from a garage in a midtown Atlanta complex. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia Dateline: Atlanta, Georgia |
| 20 December 2024 | Member of multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme involving off-the-road tires pleads guilty John K. Eckerd, Jr. recruited investors and represented to investors that he worked with Jason E. Adkins in tire sales. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio Dateline: Columbus, Ohio |
| Monday, 23 December 2024 | ||
| 23 December 2024 | Laredo man indicted for smuggling over 100 people in locked trailer According to the criminal complaint originally filed in the case, law enforcement observed individuals being loading into a white trailer in a warehouse parking lot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas Topic: Juan Manuel Aguirre |